Everything that has come into being in the service of humanity has come from the hands of another. The roads you drive on were paved by another. The food you eat was grown by another. The garbage you create will be disposed of, by another. The ethics and morals that we know, were taught to us by another.
We are surrounded daily by the love and kindness of others, and yet we are blind to to it, most of the time.
Just as we have been taught to hate each other, we can learn – relearn perhaps – how to love one another. Kindness can be cultivated through gratitude and reverence for creation and for each other. As Christians, we are commanded to show kindness to one another, not just through our words, but also our deeds and our actions. James 2:24-26 states:
“You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. […] For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is also dead.”
God granted us the gift of free will. We are neutral beings through which good or evil can take action through. We are allowed to make our own choices, but we are commanded to act with kindness through faith. It is our actions, our intent, and our outcomes which defines the “goodness” we project into the world.
In every interaction with another we have the choice between cruelty and kindness. It is our great work as humans, that as we grow, and as we learn, and as we repent, and as we forgive each other, we try more and more to choose the kind option over the cruel one.